[libreoffice-users] Re: Was Re: Date will not format or sort when imported into calc (ods) - Databases vs Spreadsheets

Am 12.09.2012 08:00, JAMES MAJESKI wrote:
> My research has convinced me that I do not have neither the time nor the
> resources to set up and maintain a database. I might consider it if all of
> the data were received in the same layout, but the layout is as varied as
> are the sources. Since I am the only one that is using the data, a
> spreadsheet serves me best as I am able to freely add, delete, and modify
> the layout, format, calculations, etc. Something a for which a database has
> never been designed.

Well, then you don't heve the time nor the resources to set up and 
maintain a database in spreadsheets. The latter scenario is the 
nightmare that never stops.
A CSV file is an excerpt from a database and you can use any tool where 
your are free to modify layout, format, calculations etc. But then you 
save back a modified layout and format with additional calculations.

A database program lets you freely handle all data in any shape while 
maintaining the underlying data structures automatically for you.



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